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Female psychiatrists’ career development after flexible training

Research Fellow, College Research Unit, 83 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HW

Alicia Etchegoyen

Honorary Research Fellow

Fiona Stormont

Honorary Research Fellow

Tim Kendall

Deputy Director, College Research Unit, London

Cornelius Katona

Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London

Sarah Pajak

Research Worker, College Research Unit, London

Declaration of interest

The study was funded by the Department of Health as part of College Research Unit workforce planning research.

Correspondence: tel: 020 7227 0835; e-mail: alex.mears{at}virgin.net

AIMS AND METHOD

The project gathered data from a cohort of 300 flexibly trained female consultants in psychiatry in order to understand how their careers had progressed since the completion of their training. A postal questionnaire was used to gather this information.

RESULTS

These consultants were generally satisfied with their training, and were succeeding in pursuing their careers. Flexible training was developed to enable people with family commitments to train in psychiatry, and this is what it is being used for.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Flexible training is an important avenue for an increasing number of psychiatrists to continue in their profession. With the current shortfall in consultant numbers, flexible training should be maintained and developed, and should be seen as a useful route to a consultant position.

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